This Festschrift includes fourteen contributions by as many authors. In keeping with the interests of the honouree, some concern matters related to form and tradition criticism. Many of the essays address various prophetic texts and themes and a number of these consider ways in which prophetic texts developed and evolved in ancient Israel, often from political and ideological motives of editors (Davies, Melugin, Ben Zvi, and Gottwald). Others use sociological (Ramírez on Amos) or religious (Overholt on Elijah and Elisha) methodologies. Non-prophetic texts considered include Genesis 2–13 (Gitay), Pentateuchal ritual materials (Gorman), Proverbs 1–9 and Job (Boorer), and Psalm 50 (Reid).